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31st July
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Investigators in the Florida Keys say they lured a suspected marijuana grower into turning himself in by leaving a ransom note in place of six seized pot plants.
Reuters - Napoli fans are planning to raise cash to make a bid to buy Diego Maradona's earring, which was confiscated by Italian authorities in September as part payment for his tax arrears.
Reuters - A United Airlines pilot admitted in court on Tuesday that he had turned up at London's Heathrow Airport to fly a plane to Chicago while three times over the alcohol limit.
A New Hampshire man is raising money for wounded veterans by putting in some long hours at the free-throw line
A prosecutor says a Portland man accused of sneakily snipping a fellow bus passenger's hair as he sat behind her New Year's Eve is a suspect in a number of similar incidents.
A Portland man accused of sneakily snipping a fellow bus passenger's hair as he sat behind her is a suspect in a number of similar incidents
Investigators in the Florida Keys say they lured a suspected marijuana grower into turning himself in by leaving a ransom note in place of six seized pot plants.
An Appleton company is finished making the movie, "Ed Gein: The Musical" and it will soon be in Wisconsin theaters.
A New Hampshire man is raising money for wounded veterans by putting in some long hours at the free-throw line.
Investigators lured a suspected marijuana grower into turning himself in by leaving a ransom note in place of six seized pot plants
Three suspected burglars were taken into custody after being tackled by police officers who were practicing football at a Sacramento ...
A woman from the US claims she can see the face of Jesus in a bruise that was left on her arm after blood tests.
A woman punched through a McDonald's drive-through window after she became enraged that Chicken McNuggets weren't available.
Police said thieves must've used heavy equipment to make off with a 4-ton statue mounted outside a Utah motorcycle shop. Lindon Police Chief Cody Cullimore said a back-hoe or a crane likely was required to move the $100,000 sculpture depicting an old-time speed racer. Employees discovered it was missing from the Timpanogos Harley-Davidson store in Lindon, where it had been ...
A Louisiana father and his 12-year-old daughter were arrested for an alleged practical joke that startled motorists on an interstate highway: The father allegedly drove his pickup truck with the girl sitting in the passenger seat -- bound and gagged with duct tape.
Authorities are accusing a man of locking up his sickly 86-year-old grandmother on New Year's Day so he could go outside and light off fireworks. According to a criminal complaint, the 21-year-old locked his grandmother in her room about 15 minutes before midnight. The woman is on oxygen and has to take medication regularly for a congenital heart disease, but ...
Authorities are seeking the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth from a pair of suspected burglars in Orange County. Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said 38-year-old Matthew Marchman and 29-year-old Shawna Lerer were arrested Sunday on suspicion of stealing precious metals used to fill cavities from dental labs. Martinez said 18 dental labs throughout the county have been burglarized ...
A New Hampshire man is raising money for wounded veterans by putting in some long hours at the free-throw line. David Cummings, of Epsom, plans to sink 1 million free throws and raise $1 million for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. He's asking for donations in exchange for making the foul shots.
Police say an Ohio woman punched through a McDonald's drive-through window because Chicken McNuggets weren't available. Police were called Friday to the restaurant in Toledo. Police say 24-year-old Melodi Dushane was treated for injuries, then jailed. She... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook


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